The Gluten-Free Food Report

Are you looking for gluten free foods that kids will eat? How about gluten free macaroni and cheese that tastes good? Check out Heartland’s Finest Quick Cook Premium All Natural White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese. If you don’t believe me then how about my kids who devour it on video and give their two thumbs up or “awesome” endorsement on camera without any prompting.

This gluten free product contains navy bean flour, yellow corn flour, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), whey, buttermilk, salt and disodium phosphate. So, if you are sensitive to any of those ingredients, especially dairy, you should avoid it. The company does disclose it produces this product contains soy due to shared equipment but claims it is egg, wheat and gluten free.

A serving produces 14 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber but 7 grams of fat, 4.5 grams being saturated. So, again we have a gluten free processed food that tastes good but is definitely not low fat.

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Gluten Free Dino Chicken Bites - Kids and adults love them!

Trying to maintain a gluten free diet is a challenge enough for adults but for kids it can be even greater. Most kids love chicken nuggets or chicken fingers. Since these are battered with flour they are off limits, that is, unless you can find them made with gluten free flour. Our family found some that taste good, especially when dipped in gluten free Ranch dressing (our favorite Annie’s Cowgirl Ranch Dressing).

Watch a video review from your humble gastroenterologist and his seven year-old son below.

Garrett County Farms, a division of Wellshire Farms foods, makes these gluten free chicken bites from chicken free of antibiotics and preservatives. Wellshire Farms is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is family owned and specializes in all natural foods. Now natural and preservative free doesn’t mean low fat but they do compare favorably with other chicken strips in taste. They come in 20-ounce re-sealable pouches and they are Dinosaur shaped!